Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Book plate: Clive Fitts

Date made

1945 – 1945, October

Reference

Littlewood (1978), 42

Work number

Queale bequest (1982), 573

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left within image, LIONEL LINDSAY'. Printed text upper centre above printed image but within plate-mark, EX LIBRIS'. Printed text lower centre below image but within plate-mark, 'CLIVE FITTS'.

Matrix size

10.0 x 8.5 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

edition unknown

Subject categories

Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.

Subject description

Book plate for doctor Sir Clive Hamilton Fitts (1900-?), featuring open book, cigar, decanter and glass of wine in library room.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

90702

Creators

LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013